Latch device for hand bags and the like



May 9, 1933. POETER 1,907,866

LATCH DEVICE FOR HAND BAGS AND THE LIKE Filed March 21, 1932 I ullllllllll" I db 1 a llllllll'lllll I NV E N TO R- M ATTORN Patented May 9, 1933 UNITED STATES EDWARD POETER, F IRVING'I'ON, NEW JERSEY, AssrGNoR 'ro E. POE'rER' & OO.,

IRVINGTON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JE SEY- PATENT OFFICE J LATCH nnvrcn FOR HAND BAGS AND THE'LIKE.

Application filed March ?1, 1932. Serial No. 600,117.

This invention relates to latch devices for hand bags and the like, and has for its general object and purpose to provide a simple and easily Operable device for latching the two bag frame members together in closed position, andwhich is of such construction that it may be readily applied to various types of hand bag frames now in general use in a great variety of attractive and ornamental forms.

It is a more particular object of the invention to provide a latch device for the above purpose in which plates of ornamental forms are secured to the outer side of the two frame members and are spaced from said frame members together with a saddle plate pivotally mounted on one of the frame members, and provided withspaced longitudinally extending webs or flanges adapted to enter the spaces between said plates and the frame members, and to frictionally cooperate with said plates whereby the saddle member is retained in latching position against casual displacement, and the two frame members securely held in closed position.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the improved latch device for hand bags and the like, and in the form, construction and relative arrange ment of its several parts as will be hereinafter more full described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and subsequently incorporated in the subjoined claims.

In the drawing wherein I have shown several simple and practical embodiments of the device, and in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing one form of my invention as applied to a con ventional type of hand bag frame;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view, the frame being open;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4is a side elevation showing another desirable form of the device as applied to a different type of bag frame; 1

Fig. 5 1s a fragmentary top plan view of tha1 frame shown in Fig. 4 in open position; Fig. ,6 is an enlarged transversesectional View taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. *4.

As will be apparent from the following description, my improvedlatch device to be hereinafter described in detail, is applicable either to that type of hand bag t'rame to which edges of the bag or pouch material are sewed orstitched as in Fig:- 1, or to the various different commercial types of channelled bag frames in which the edges of the pouch :material are secured by clinch- Inci, or J ing the side walls of the frame channels ing along the inner'edges of its intermediate and end portionsyand to these perforated flanges the edges of the bag or pouch material shown atB are attached'by. stitching or sewing the same thereto.

To the outer side of each of the-frame members 5 and 6, at its central porti0n ,:-an ornamental metal plate such as that shown at 9 is secured. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3, these plates havetheirninner faces which are opposed to theframe members channelled or recessed as at .10, leaving the relatively thick end portions ll'of said plate which are welded or otherwise permanently fixed to the metal framemembers. As herein shown, the outer face of each plate is formed with the vertically disposed teeth or serrations 12 of an ornamental character. However, it will be understood thatthis-is merely suggestive, and these platesmay be of various other ornamental shapes or contours and provided with any suitable surface ornamentation. 1 As seen in Fig.3, eachplate9 extends above the upper edge of the frame member to which it is secured, said upper edge of the plate being chamfered and inclined inwardly and downwardly towards the frame member as indicated at 13.

A saddle member 14 is pivotally mounted at oneofits endsupon one end of the plate 9, which is fixed to the frame member 6, as shown at 1,5. This saddle plate has transversely extending serrations .16 on the upper 7 side thereof which are complementary to the furtherornamental feature of the hand bag.

It-will benoted from reference to Fig. 2 o-f'thedrawing, that the flanges 17 adjacent thehinge 15.are outwardly curved as indicatedat 19.. r

As will be readilyseen from reference to Figs. 1 and. 2 of the drawing, if the two framememberseare brought together in substantially face to. face contact with each other, and the saddle member 1 1' swung inwardly from the dotted line position shown in Fig; 1. of the. drawing, the flanges 17 will; enter; the channels 10 between the plates 91, and theouter' sidesofthe respective frame members, theoutwardlycurved endsv of said flangesihaving close frictional co-operation with said side platesto thus securely retain the saddle member'in its horizontal closed iposition ,1 between. the upwardly projecting endsof the plates 9 and against casual pivotatswinging movement. relative to the frame members. However, by. securely grasping the. opposite ends of the cylindrical part 18-of the saddle plate between. the.

thumb and forefinger of the hand, this plate may-be readily lifted and swungover to the dottedilineposition of Fig.1 of the drawing, so thatwthe. frame members 5 and 6 may be hingedlywmoved relative to each other to theiriopen positions. 7

In Figs. 4', 5 and 6:0f the drawing,'Iillustratea slightly: different form of the device,

in. which the ornamental side plates 9 are securednto the outer sides of frame members of the conventional channel form now in general use, and in which the edges of the bagmaterial; are secured by clinching the channel flanges; thereon, as indicated in Fig.

-6;of theedrawing. 'Also, as indicated in this figure, the plates 9 may extend inwardly beyond the. edgesiofthe channel frames and provided.

upon the side walls of the bag, and said side plates may also be of relatively different widths. In this case also the saddle member 14 is of such form or shape that it will harmonize ornamentally with these side plates 9. The flanges 17 of this saddle member, in addition to having one of their ends as 19a adjacent the hinge curved outwardly, may have their other ends 20 inwardly curved towards each other, so that whenthe saddle plate is moved in closed position, and thefianges enter the channels of the side plates 9, said inwardly curved ends 20 of the-flanges will frictionally engage the outer side faces of the bag frame members. Thus the two frame members will'be urged into close face to face contact, while additional frictional means for retaining the saddle plate in its closed position is'thereby From the foregoing description considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction, mannerof use and several advantages of my improved hand latch will be clearly understood. It will be seen that I havedevised a very novel form of latch for this purpose which readily lends itself to production in a great variety of attractive and ornamental forms and which, owing to its construction, is read.- ily adaptable to hand bag frames of the various commercial types now in general use. Also, such a latch device may be manufacr .tured and applied to the bag frameat comparatively small cost, and'will be highly durable and serviceable in practical operation.

WVhile I have herein shown and described several simple and practical embodiments of the device, it is nevertheless to be understood that the essential features thereof may-alsobe incorporated in various other alternative structural forms, and I therefore reserve the privilege of resorting'to all such legitimate changes therein as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scopeof the invention as claimed. 1

I claim:

1. In combination with complementary bag frame members hingedly connected with each other at their corresponding ends, a latch-device for; said frame members comprising. a plate extending longitudinally along the outer side of each frame member at its central portion and beyond the outer edge thereof,s aid plate having its side face opposed to the frame member provided with a longitudinally extending channel, and a saddle member pivotally mounted at oneof its ends upon one framemember, and having 1 spaced longitudinally extending: flanges adapted to extend-into said channelswhen the saddle member is disposed between the outer edges ofv said plates in substantially parallel relation with the frame members and frictionally co-operating with said plates to latch the frame members together in their closed positions.

2. In combination with complementary bag frame members hingedly connected with each other at their corresponding-ends, a latch device for said frame members comprising a plate extending longitudinally along the outer side of each frame member at its central portion, and having its side face opposed to the frame member provided with a longitudinally extending channel, a saddle member, a transversely disposed hinge connection betweenone end of said saddle member and one end of one of said plates, the other end of said saddle member having a transversely extending cylindrically formed part simulating said hinge connection, and spaced longitudinally extending rigid flanges on said saddle member adapted to enter the channels of said plates when said member is disposed in substantially parallel relation with the frame members and frictionally co-operating with said plates to retain the frame members ,in closed position.

3. In combination with complementary bag frame members hingedly connected with each other at their corresponding ends, a latch device for said frame members comprising a plate extending longitudinally along the outer side of each frame member at its central portion, and having its side face opposed to the frame member provided with a longitudinally extending channel, a saddle member, a transversely disposed hinge connection between one end of said saddle member and one end of one of said plates, the other end of said saddle memberhavin a transversely extending cylindrically ormed part simulating said hinge connection, and spaced longitudinally extending rigid flanges on said saddle member adapted to enter the channels of said plates when said member is disposed in substantially par-' allel relation with the frame members, said flanges at one of their ends being curved transversely of the saddle member to cooperate with said plates and frictionally. resist the swinging movement of said saddle member to its releasing position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereto.

EDWARD POETER. 

